Improvement in clothes-driers



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LESTER G. BOORN, OF RICHMONDVILLE, NEW YORK.

iMPROVEM ENT IN CLOTHES-DRlERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,308, dated January 13, 1374 application filed December 8, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, L. Gr. BOORN, of Richmondville, county of Schoharie and State of 'New York, have invented certain new and to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, which represents a perspective view of my clothes-drier.

A A represent four bars, the upper ends of which are placed in slots made at equal distances apart in the lower edge of a hub, 13, and there held and pivoted by means of a wire, a. This wire is placed in a circumferential groove around the hub and passes through a hole in the upper end of each bar A. These bars form legs upon which the whole clothesrack is supported. From the center of the hub B a sh aft, G, extends perpendicularly downward for a suitable distance, and upon this shaft is placed a hub, D, which is capable of being moved up and down on the same, and held at any point desired by means of a set-screw, b. In slots in the upper end of the hub D are, by means of a circumferential wire, a, pivoted four arms, GG, at equal distances apart, which arms are pivoted to the four legsAA, as shown. The legs A A, as well as the arms G G, are connected by means of a series of horizontal cords, d d. a a

The clothes-rack or clothes-drier thus constructed can be easily spread out in the position shown in the drawing for use, and held spread out by tightening the set-screw b. When not in use it can easily be folded and put away, taking up but little room.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The within-described clothes-rack or clothesdrier, consisting of the legs A A, hubs B B, I 

